Mangold receives grant funding

Published 12:00 pm, Tuesday, January 3, 2012

LOCKNEY - W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital Foundation has received a $3,990 grant from the Lubbock Area Foundation to purchase patient lift chairs for W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital, according to hospital president/CEO Sharon Hunt.

"These lift chairs will enable us to more safely assist our patients in a sitting or reclining, and then standing position," said Billie Hendrix, director of nursing. "Many of our patients are very weak from illness or post-surgery, so these chairs will provide better safety for them and allow them to be able to get out of their bed and into a seated position, which can help them in their recovery."

Expressing her appreciation, Hunt said, "We are very grateful to the Lubbock Area Foundation for this donation. It is difficult for small, rural hospitals to obtain funding for purchasing equipment, so donations such as this one are extremely important to us and to our patients."

W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit organization created in 2008 to fund the purchase of equipment for W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital, a critical access hospital owned and operated by Lockney General Hospital District. The hospital operates clinics in Lockney, Floydada and Silverton and a home health agency serving those in a 60-mile radius of Lockney.

Since its inception, W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital Foundation has given more than $100,000 to the hospital to purchase medical equipment.

Lubbock Area Foundation is a nonprofit organization that exists to help people who care about the Lubbock area to invest in its future. As the community foundation for the South Plains, the Lubbock Area Foundation provides a vehicle for building permanent charitable endowments for the benefit of this area. Grants are awarded from funds based on the interests of the donor or through an open competitive process that is responsible to the changing needs of the community.

W.J. Mangold Memorial Hospital Foundation is accepting donations to fund additional equipment purchases for the hospital, including a new cardiac telemetry monitoring system and equipment for the physical therapy department.